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KEIR STARMER WAS asked to ‘consider his position’ last night, after he held a press conference as a last-ditch attempt to win back his party.
The British prime minister’s leadership has been in question for some time but, after a poor show at last week’s local elections, key figures at his top table directly urged him to step down.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to have privately called for an orderly transition of power on Monday night as 75 out of Labour’s 403 MPs demanded a change.
Four government aides quit their posts, citing a loss of confidence in his leadership, while others warned his authority was collapsing and called for him to set out a timetable for his departure from No 10.
Here’s how some of the UK newspapers are covering the UK’s political turmoil.
The Sun said Starmer is “on the brink” of losing his position. However, the paper reports that his potential replacements have yet to openly joined the mutiny.
The Times splashed on its front page a photo of a worried Starmer during last night’s press conference, in which he promised to prove his “doubters” wrong. The headline reads “Cabinet turns on Starmer”.
The Telegraph’s front page headline reads “Time to go, Cabinet tells Starmer”. Underneath its front-page news article is a comment piece comparing Starmer to a robot who last night was making a “final attempt to be authentic”.
Starmer’s “survival” is “on the line”, the Guardian writes. The paper also runs a quote from Labour MP Paulette Hamilton, who said: “Voters repeatedly told us … the party leadership meant they could no longer vote Labour”.
The Daily Mail says the UK government “is in chaos”, after his “reset speech” failed “dismally”.
Starmer is “on the edge”, according to the Daily Express. The paper writes that the departures of six ministerial aides could trigger more resignations today.
The iPaper writes that the Labour Party is in “open revolt” against Starmer. It also reports that Health Secretary Wes Streeting is among the high-ranking members who will try to take over.
The Daily Mirror compared Starmer’s Labour opponents to “rebels”.
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